Who Gets To Keep Togepi?

The gang had decided to stay at the Pokémon Center for the week. They could use a break since the Grampa Canyon incident and the Farfetch'd thief. So Ashlyn began training her Pokémon in the mean time. On the first day of training, Abra into Kadabra and Horsea into Seadra. Apparently the the two been training with the other Pokémon before they were added to Ashlyn's team. After the end of the week, Ashlyn got her Pokémon healed and let them have some rest.

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Today was the day when Misty's egg would hatch. They had just left the Pokémon E.R. after they were told that the egg is very healthy and will hatch soon.

So the gang was sitting outside relaxing with their Pokémon.

Misty was eagerly wiping down her egg with a smile, "I can't wait to see what kind of Pokémon will hatch from this egg."

"What kind of Pokémon are you hoping will hatch?" Brock asked.

"I hope it's a beautiful water Pokémon!" Misty said with stars in her eyes.

"No surprise there." Flint said, teasingly.

"Ashlyn Ketchum?" Nurse Joy called out.

"Yes, that's me." Ashlyn said walking over to the counter.

"You have a call from Prof. Oak of Pallet Town." Nurse Joy told her.

"Professor Oak?" Ashlyn blinked.

"Rai? (Oak?)" Tesla tilted her head.

Going over to the phones she saw Prof. Oak's face already on the screen waiting patiently for her, "Ah, Ashlyn my girl hello there."

"Hello Professor Oak, why are you calling me all of a sudden?" Ashlyn wondered.

"Well, you haven't called me in a while and I just wanted to see how you're doing." Oak explained.

"Sorry that I haven't Professor." Ashlyn apologized.

"It's alright my dear. There is one thing I wish to ask though: How in the world did you manage to acquire an Aerodactyl?! I must say when it first came here I was quite surprised and very impressed with the fact you managed to catch it!" Oak asked her.

"It's a long story." Ashlyn said.

"I've got all day, Ashlyn." Oak said eagerly.

Ashlyn explained how they went to Grampa Canyon to look for fossils. She found two fossils Sail fossils that belong to Amaura, Misty had found a Cover fossil that belong to Tirtouga, and Brock had found a Dome fossil that belonged to Kabuto. After that she, Tesla, and Squirtle got stuck underground for a little while along with three members of Team Rocket who made the cave collapse on them in the first place. Then they had a run in with Omanyte, Omastar, Kabuto, and Kabutops and were forced to battle them. That's when Aerodactyl appeared forcing them to break out into a run but she ended up getting captured by the prehistoric Pokémon only escaping its grasp thanks to Natsu evolving into Charizard. Having been saved by Natsu she battled against Aerodactyl defeating the flying type and capturing it.

"I see...I didn't know you had to go through all that, but I'm glad you're safe and unharmed." Oak said honestly.

"I just had some slight bruising but otherwise I'm alright." Ashlyn said, "Oh by the way, Gary found something on his first dig."

"Really? What did he find?" Oak asked, curious.

Ashlyn grinned. "Fossilized Pokémon manure."

Prof. Oak was silent for a moment until he began chuckling and then started laughing along with her. Soon enough they calmed down from the laughing.

"I never expected him to find such a thing." Oak stated.

"Me neither." Ashlyn agreed, "How is Aerodactyl treating all of my Pokémon?"

"It's well behaved actually, quite surprising if you ask me. I was expecting to have some difficulties with it but Aerodactyl has really mellowed out since you battled against it with Natsu." Oak said.

Ashlyn let out a sigh of relief, "That's a relief. That's what I was worried about."

"I'm also impressed that you caught a Shiny Farfetch'd." Oak said, "She's getting along with all your shiny Pokémon."

"Thanks, I'm glad." Ashlyn thanked him.

"By the way, Cinnabar Island has a Pokémon Lab there right along with the gym. The scientists there should be able to help you resurrect the fossils you and your friends found." Oak informed.

"Sounds like a plan, I'll head there after my gym battle." Ashlyn said.

"I wish you luck Ashlyn and be safe."

"I will, talk to you another time Prof. Oak."

"You as well my girl." Oak cut off the connection.

Ashlyn walked back over to her friends, "You look excited."

"Of course I'm excited! I can't help but wonder what kind of Pokémon is gonna hatch from this egg, by the way am I doing this right?" Misty asked, still wiping her egg.

"Just relax Misty there's nothing for you to be nervous about, trust me you're doing great." Ashlyn assured her.

"Oh, good." Misty sighed as she stopped wiping the egg, "I really do hope it's a Water-type Pokémon."

"Who knows?" Ashlyn shrugged, "But that's what makes Pokémon eggs so great: you never know what will hatch from it."

"I have to agree with that." Brock said.

"Excuse me," a feminine voice called out to them making them turn to face a woman wearing black shades along with a man carrying a basket full of eggs that looked similar to the one Misty has, "We're egg sellers and would absolutely love it if you would either trade or buy one of our eggs in exchange for that one you have there."

Misty held the egg closer to her, "No thanks."

"Yeah, we have no interest in trading this egg or buying another one so please go bother someone else." Ashlyn said narrowing her eyes at the two suspicious people which she knew were Team Rocket.

The man and woman huddled together and began whispering, "They're not going for it, what now?" the man questioned.

"Now, we go to plan B!" she said tossing the fake eggs in the air making the gang look up and by the time they realized Misty's egg was gone as were the man and woman!

"My egg's gone!" Misty yelled.

"Those two must've stolen it while we were distracted!" Flint said.

"I bet those two were Team Rocket! They won't be getting away with this, Pidgeot come out!" Ashlyn called out her flying type.

"Pidgeot (How can I help)?" Pidgeot questioned.

"Team Rocket's stolen Misty's egg, we need your help to find them." Ashlyn told her.

"Pidgeot (I'll find them)!" Pidgeot flew out out the Pokémon center followed closely by the others who noticed something on the ground as they continued running after Pidgeot.

"These look like broken egg shells, hopefully this will lead us to Team Rocket!" Brock said.

"Just wait till I get my hands on them!" Misty growled, "No mercy this time!"

"Let's just the hope the egg hasn't hatched yet otherwise we'll have a real problem on our hands." Ashlyn said.

"Raichu (Yeah, let's hope)." Tesla said.

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The gang followed the eggs that lead all the way to a clearing in the forest. Misty wasted no time confronting them and Team Rocket were shocked to see the Ashlyn and her friends.

"It's the twerps!" Meowth exclaimed.

"How did they find us so fast?!" James demanded.

"Pidgeot, use Tackle!" Ashlyn ordered.

Pidgeot wasted no time in tackling the three idiots who had stolen the Pokémon egg the gang was taking care of. The egg flew out of Jessie's hands and into Ashlyn's who looked the egg over and saw it was unharmed before handing it over to Misty.

"I think this belongs to you." Ashlyn said handed her the egg back.

"Thanks Ashlyn." Misty held the egg close to her.

"It's a good thing we got here just in time before it could hatch." Brock said.

"Yeah." Volkner nodded.

Jessie growled, "You meddling twerps!"

"Meddling is right! Go Weezing!" James called out the poison type. "Use Poison Gas!" He ordered.

Weezing sent out a poison gas attack, but Ashlyn was prepared for that, "Pidgeot, use Gust!"

Pidgeot flapped her wings at a high speed creating a miniature tornado then sent it at the Poison Gas attack sending it over towards Team Rocket.

"I can't see!" Jessie complained.

"This must be what its like on the receiving end!" James commented.

"Too much gas!" Meowth yelled.

"Quick Attack!" Ashlyn commanded.

Pidgeot became a white streak as she slammed into Weezing, knocking it into Team Rocket.

"Good work, Pidgeot!" Ashlyn complimented.

"Pidgeot (Thank you)." Pidgeot smiled.

Flint whistled, "That's one strong flying type."

"Yeah." Volkner agreed.

Misty's egg decided at that moment to start hatching taking everyone by surprise, "Its hatching! My egg is hatching!"

"Calm down, Misty. The important thing to do in this situation is to remain calm." Ashlyn told her.

"Right." Misty took a deep breath to try and calm down as the egg continued to glow.

"Its almost here." Volkner stared in fascination.

"Raichu...(Wow...)" Raichu said.

"I can't wait to see what kind of Pokémon hatches." Brock said, sounding very excited.

"The suspense is killing me." Flint said.

"Almost there..." Ashlyn said.

The egg continued to glow until the light finally died down revealing a small, light yellow Pokémon with a round body that is still encased in its eggshell. The Pokémon also has stubby hands and round feet with two toes each, five spikes on its head that seem to form a crown. It also has semi-oval, brown pads on the soles of its feet.

"Its soo cute~!" Misty squealed.

"What kind of Pokémon is it though?" Flint wondered.

"It's a Togepi! You're very lucky Misty, Togepi are rare Pokémon that aren't found so easily. Not to mention they're Fairy Type Pokémon." Ashlyn congratulated her.

"Really?" Misty stared at the little one in disbelief.

"Yup." Ashlyn took out her phone.

[Togepi, the Spike Ball Pokémon. Togepi is filled with an energy that makes people happy. When treated well, Togepi shares this energy with others, but when it comes near a human with an impure heart, this energy quickly disappears, leaving Togepi exhausted.]

"What a cute little Pokémon." Brock smiled.

"Raichu! (Really cute!)" Tesla smiled.

"Chu (Cute)!" Levina said.

"Rai. (So tiny.)" Raichu stared at the little Pokémon.

Togepi opened it eyes revealing the cutest brown eyes Misty had ever seen, she saw as the little one stared at her before smiling, "Togephrii (Mommy)!" it said.

Ashlyn chuckled making everyone look at her.

"What's so funny, Ashlyn?" Misty asked.

"Nothing, its just cute that he called you mommy." She smiled.

"Mommy?!" Misty exclaimed.

"Wait, how do you know he thinks Misty's his mom?" Flint asked.

Ashlyn checked her phone again.

[Togepi is imprinted with the image of the first thing it sees after it hatches, thinking this is its mother.]

"Oh..." Volkner said.

"Its not just Togepi though, when a Pokémon hatches from an egg it imprints the image of the first thing it sees to be its parent." Ashlyn explained.

"This whole thing is touching, but...we want that Pokémon!" Jessie declared.

"So hand it over!" James demanded.

"Yeah!" Meowth got his claws ready.

"Not on your life!" Ashlyn was about to have Pidgeot use another move on them when she heard Togepi speak and doing something with its tiny hands.

"Togi, Togi, Togi." Togepi said, moving his little arms back and forth.

"Why does this seem so familiar?" Brock wondered.

"Togepi's using Metronome!" Ashlyn exclaimed returning Pidgeot quickly before coming over to the others.

"So...that means..." Flint said unsurely.

"Any attack can come out of it just like last time with the Clefairy!" Brock said.

"Please let it not be a Hyper Beam!" Misty suddenly got very worried seeing Togepi keep on smiling while waving his fingers back and forth until they finally started glowing.

James and Jessie squealed holding each other as Meowth started clinging their legs.

"What's it going to do?!" James yelled.

"I don't know!" Jessie yelled back.

"Whatever its about to do can't be good!" Meowth shouted.

Togepi sent a Gust attack at them causing them to blast off into the air.

"You mean to tell me that little Pokémon can use a Gust attack?!" Jessie yelled.

"Guess its not as cute as we thought." James said.

"You can say that again." Meowth said, dryly.

"TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" Team Rocket shouted as they disappeared into the sky.

Ashlyn was impressed to say the least, "That was pretty impressive for his first try."

"Rai (Yeah)." Tesla nodded.

"That was amazing Togepi." Misty held the little Pokémon towards her face with a smile.

"Togephrii (Mommy happy)!" Togepi cheered.

"He's seriously a cute Pokémon. It's a good thing that he didn't hatch and look to one of Team Rocket as his parent." Brock said.

"You said it." Volkner agreed.

Ashlyn smiled as she watched Misty hug Togepi, "I think Togepi might good for Misty, what do you think?" she asked Tesla.

"Rai rai (I think so, too)." Tesla agreed.

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With the Pokémon egg safely hatching into a healthy looking Togepi, Ashlyn and her friends now have a new friend.

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Pokémon on hand: Raichu (Tesla)(F), Lucario (M), Pidgeot (F), Bulbasaur (M), Shiny Charizard (Natsu)(M), Shiny Gyarados (Rory)(M), Squirtle (M), Pikachu (Levina)(F), Dragonair (F), Kadabra (M), Persian (F), Seadra (F), Dewgong (M), Marowak (F), Growlithe (F)

Prof. Oak's Lab:

Mienfoo (F), Jolteon (F), Flareon (M), Vaporeon (F), Sandslash (M), Butterfree (M), Pink Butterfree (Momo)(F), Gengar (M), Rockruff (M), Raboot (M), Braixen (F), Kingler (M), Magnemite (Genderless), Muk (M), Nidorina (M), Nidorino (F), Cubone (M), Dewgong (M), Vulpix (F), Eevee (F), Kangaskhan (F), Tauros (9), Porygon (Genderless), Shiny Suicune (Azure)(F), Dratini (F), Shiny Entei (Searius)(M), Primeape (M), Scyther (F), Clefable (F), Jigglypuff (F), Aerodactyl (F), Boltund (M), Shiny Rapidash (Comet)(M), Shiny Raikou (Thor)(M), Shiny Umbreon (Mani)(M), Espeon (F), Glaceon (F), Leafeon (F), Shiny Sylveon (Parisa)(F), Shiny Farfetch'd (F)